Springwell Alternative Academy

State-Funded School

springwell-alternative-academy-barnsley-yorkshire-and-the-humber

Yorkshire and The HumberRegion

BarnsleyLocal Authority

Barnsley NorthConstituency

S71 2AYPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Springwell Alternative Academy is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 4–16, located in Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 57 pupils. Springwell Alternative Academy is part of WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

91%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

61%Boys

39%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

79%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: PRU
Age range: 4 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 57
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: WELLSPRING ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 5 May 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
2 Jan 2018	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.